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Beschreibung

Great explorers are known for their hard-earned skills and meticulously honed character traits which have made their astonishing endeavours possible. Valuable lessons are waiting to be learned from the feats attained by the most revered names in exploration - from legendary adventurers such as Christopher Columbus to contemporary figures such as Wasfia Nazreen.

Life Lessons from Explorers collects 20 of the most highly-prized traits shared by those who have scaled mountains and traversed tundras, proposing how these could be applied to your own life, whether you are crossing Antarctica or battling a mental obstacle. Compelling accounts of the life and times of celebrated explorers, highlighting when they have displayed these traits, are accompanied by remarkable images and documents from the Royal Geographical Society archives.

Great explorers are known for their hard-earned skills and meticulously honed character traits which have made their astonishing endeavours possible. Valuable lessons are waiting to be learned from the feats attained by the most revered names in exploration - from legendary adventurers such as Christopher Columbus to contemporary figures such as Wasfia Nazreen.

Life Lessons from Explorers collects 20 of the most highly-prized traits shared by those who have scaled mountains and traversed tundras, proposing how these could be applied to your own life, whether you are crossing Antarctica or battling a mental obstacle. Compelling accounts of the life and times of celebrated explorers, highlighting when they have displayed these traits, are accompanied by remarkable images and documents from the Royal Geographical Society archives.

Über den Autor
Felicity Aston
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • ADAPTABILITY - Roald Amundsen (& Robert Falcon Scott) (Norway/Britain)
  • HUMANITY (HUMILITY) - Neil Armstrong (USA)
  • RISK - Amelia Earheart (USA)
  • LEADERSHIP - Ernest Shackleton (Ireland)
  • SELF-DISCIPLINE (AMBITION) - Nain Singh Rawat (India)
  • COURAGE - Piccard (Auguste, Jaques, Bertrand) (Switzerland)
  • DIPLOMACY - Gertrude Bell (Britain)
  • CREATIVITY - Agatha Christie (Britain)
  • DETERMINATION - Junko Tabei (Japan)
  • INDEPENDENCE (SELF-SUFFICIENCY) - Gudrun the far-traveller (Iceland)
  • PATIENCE - Charles Darwin (Britain)
  • CURIOSITY - Abu Al Hasan Al Masudi (Iraq)
  • RESILIENCE - David Livingstone (Britain)
  • INNOVATION - Sylvia Earle (USA)
  • PURPOSE - Olaudah Equiano (Nigeria)
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Biographien, Importe
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9781787396111
ISBN-10: 1787396118
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Aston, Felicity
Hersteller: Welbeck Publishing Group Limited
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 203 x 132 x 23 mm
Von/Mit: Felicity Aston
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.09.2021
Gewicht: 0,448 kg
Artikel-ID: 118838525

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